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Natural Population Decrease in the United States

Year: 1992

Type: article

Abstract: Of the 993 U.S. counties experiencing at least 1 year of natural population decrease (deaths outnumbering births) from 1950-87, 95 percent were nonmetro counties. The primary cause of local natural decrease today is outmigration of young adults, not inadequate fertility rates. Counties facing such long-term natural decrease may undergo significant financial stress, due to an erosion of property values and the tax base, and have difficulty in sustaining key services and businesses. Natural decrease is not always a problem, however. Many areas are thriving through inmovement of older people, even though such places have more deaths than births each year.

Source: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310971

Authors: Johnson, Kenneth M., Beale, Calvin L.

Language: English

Topic: Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W69328982

FWCI: 14.19

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Cited by: 37

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